Ads
related to: evening gowns with cape sleeves wedding attire formal casual shoes
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Morning dress (left) with cape-collared jacket and evening gown (right). Dresses of August 1844 show detail on lower sleeves. The dress on the left is an evening style. African-American preacher Juliann Jane Tillman, 1844.
Shirts have short straight collars and are worn with narrow neckties tied in wide bows. Half-boots have short heels. Coat sleeves are cut long, showing very little shirt cuff. 1857 fashion plate shows formal evening wear, informal day wear, top coats, and a dressing gown. 1857 shows informal day wear.
Bustles and elaborate drapery characterize gowns of the early 1870s. The gentleman wears evening dress. Detail of Too Early by James Tissot, 1873.. 1870s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a gradual return to a narrow silhouette after the full-skirted fashions of the 1850s and 1860s.
An evening gown, evening dress or gown is a long dress usually worn at formal occasions. [1] The drop ranges from ballerina (mid-calf to just above the ankles), tea (above the ankles), to full-length. Such gowns are typically worn with evening gloves. Evening gowns are usually made of luxurious fabrics such as chiffon, velvet, satin, or organza.
French fashion plate shows an evening cape or manteau with a fur collar and shoulder cape, worn over dark formal breeches and double-breasted coat, 1823. V. A. Perovsky wears trousers with foot straps and embroidered suspenders, white shirt and a sun hat, 1824.
The slightly cutaway morning coat was still worn for formal day occasions. The most formal evening dress remained a dark tail coat and trousers, with a white cravat; this costume was well on its way to crystallizing into the modern "white tie and tails." While during the first half of the decade the waist was long, after 1865 the waist became ...
Ads
related to: evening gowns with cape sleeves wedding attire formal casual shoes